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Remembering the Improbable Life of Ed Fredkin (1934–2023) and His World of Ideas and Stories

Stephen Wolfram

His mother had in her youth been trained as a concert pianist, and died when Ed was 11, leaving a somewhat fragmented family situation. It explains that III has four divisions: Mathematical and Programming Services, Behavioral Science, Operations, and “New York”. The character was inspired by Steven [ sic ] Hawking.